Improvement in bottle-stoppers



No. 109,212K

PATENTE) NOV. 15, 1870.

W. L. HOBPBR. BOTTLE sTorPBR.

' elle@ i To all 'll/'Ilona 'i6 may concern: e

WILLIAM L. HOEFER, 0F JRE-FERHUNVILLE, NEW YORK.

The Schedule referred to in these Letters Patent and making part ol thesame.

Be il; knowll'tllat I, Willian n Il'. llollrlcn, ol J ellermaville, inthe eoullllyl of Sullivan and State of New York, here invented a. newand useful Ilnprorelllellt; ill Bottle-Stopper; and I do hereby declaret-hatthe following is a full, clear, and exact description thereol",which will enable others Jskilled ill tlleart to malle l and use thesalue, reference hcing had to the aecolll pallying drawing tbl'nli-llgpart lll' this speel'iicatioll, ill wlliell.-

Figure 1 is adetail sectional view ot' nl y illlproved holtle-stopper,showing` itA as applied to a bottle.

Figure 2 is a detail side view of ille salue. Similar letters ofreference indicate corresponding parts. My invention has for itsobjeetto furnish a simple, convenient, inexpensive, and eli'eel'irestopper for boltles containing sodluwaer or other etiervesciug liquids,

nld which shall he, so constructed that, after being vn uce applied lothe bottle,'it is retained by the wedge,

*so that. ii, cannot he pushed fully ill, but may he readily l pushediin enough inward lo :lllnwrlhe liquid to flow out' freely.

A. is the body or solid pllllol` the stopper, which nlaybe made ol'wood, metal, or other `suitable lllateria.

i JYlle upper pari. of the bodyv A is nlade tllill and ol-"- such. abreadth that itJ may pass iut-o the nlouth ol' the.

bottle nearly to its upper end, which is runde wider, as sl'lowll iniig.

llle middle part or lleek'ol the body A is lllade slnall, as shown iniigs. 1 alld.

ille lower part oi' the bod)P A is nl'alle collie-al ill iol'nl,itsuppcr part. heilig ola lesser and its lower parl ol a grenierdiallleler than ille neck-or middle part. ol'

said body.

Around elle extreme lower end ol` the body A is lorlned a, narrowflange, as shown lll ligs. l and 2.

,Ll is a shortl piece' ol' rubber tubing, which is placed upon the bodyA..

,llle tube 15 is placed upon the middle part or neck el tlle body A, asshown in fig. 2.

The lower end ol' the stopper is then inserted in the llloutll ot'ille-bottle, and the said stopper is forced down to its place. The endsof the rubber tube l being unsupported, the said tube can be elongatedand compressed so as to pass into the mouth of the bottle.A The tulle llis then worked dowll, by llleans ni' a slender lool inserted into themouth of the botlle, until il; is ti'rced llpoll the lower conicalparl', ofthe holly A, its lower end resting against the tlallge at; thelower end et' said holly, and its upper end resting against the shoulderiornled upon the said body .-11 aiille upper end ol' the conical partol' 'said body. If, new, the stopper is drawn or forced up into the neckol the bottle, it will close il; tightly, and the outward. pressure ol'the liquid will only l'orce it more firmly to its place.

The body A should ile made ot' snell a length that l when the stopperhas heen till-ced into the bottle as tar as it. l'alrlle its lower elldma)` drop upon ille breasl.- ol' the bottle, and thus allow the liquidto flow.

out freely.

llle upper pariV ol' the holly A has a. slot, u', formed ill ib loreceive a wedge-key, C, l lle lower edge of which,

when the said hey is illsertel'l ill the said slot, rests against theedge ot lll'eI lllolltll ol' the bottle.

Y ".llle edge-hey U is designed lo lle used when the filled bottles areto he transported, lo prevent the sto-p` pers li'olll being l'orcldinward by all aeeidelltal blow.

llaville Lilus described luy invention, l elailll as new and desireinsecure lu' Letters Patent- 'lhellody A. a', l-ll the l'orllldescribed, the wedge G, and the rubber ring ll, combined andapplied assel', illllll, lo fornl all lllprored bottle-stopper.

'llleabore speeiiiealion of my invention signed by lne this 30th day ol'August, 1ST-ll.

` WILLIAM L. HOEFER.

\\itnesses Guo. W. Manen, JAMES T. GRAHAM,-

